The other night while making dinner, I told the kids to get their homework done so we could watch the Phillies as a family. Guess that was great motivation, a few minutes later all was quiet, so I grabbed the camera to remember this!

Congratulations Jess & Shawn

Thank you for sharing your day with us! Another FABULOUS Hartman wedding!!!!

A little quality family time!

Lately, I feel as though we are all so busy that we never get to do anything with the just the seven of us. So tonight we decided to head to one our favorite family restaurants, The Sumney, for a yummy dinner and some good ole family time. There was a magician that came around and amazed our younger kids with a few tricks. The best part was that no one had to do the dishes!!!

I'm BAAACCCCKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!

I seem to have been a bit lax lately updating my blog. I feel like we have been so busy-crazy, yet nothing seemed blog worthy. So, I just decided to upload a few pics from the camera for your viewing pleasure. Above is just one my absolute favorite pics of Kylie. No story, just a fabulous pic!


One lazy Sunday afternoon, Kami climbed up on CJ's lap to watch tv and they both ended up falling asleep.
Another boring random shot of Madi and I hanging out.
Have I mentioned that we spend every Saturday morning watching Avery play soccer? She scored her first goal this year!
Our doggies playing!
CJ and the Baby Dog. High school is hard work. CJ needs his naps!
Kylie actually went to the Linc to tailgate this year. She headed down in an Eagles bus with a bunch of my cousins and their kids. That's right, my 14 year old is now a seasoned Eagles Tailgater.
Madi is playing field hockey for her middle school team. Kylie is too, but I never seem to have the camera at her games. The girls are on different teams and often play on the same day at DIFFERENT schools. A bit challenging for us.
Finally, my crazy hubby is still just that...my crazy hubby!

Let me tell you about my best friend.....

As most of my readers should know, Avery's very best friend in the whole world is her cousin, Amberly. Amberly and Avery are only a few weeks apart and have been inseparable ever since. Last night Avery slept over Amberly's. When I went to pick her up this morning the girls were still sleeping. I went to wake up Avery, and this is how they sleeping.

He made fun of mine, but now.........

He has his own BLOG! That's right....My darling Hubby made fun of my blog for so long, and now he has his own. Of course his is ONLY about the Eagles Tailgate Party. Check it out.....It's on my fav's list.

Signs from Heaven

If you have been following my blog for awhile, you may remember a post about a poem CJ wrote about his Poppy. We ordered the book and were informed that we should receive the book sometime in November. Well, today, Pop's birthday, the book arrived. Below is the poem as it is featured.

The last line of the poem tells of CJ's desire to honor his Poppy with a tattoo. Last week Chris took CJ to our (Yes, I said our) tattoo artist. They went in with an idea. She told them that she was booked solid for weeks, but did have one opening....September 8th.